Railway-track joint.



No. 895,393. PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908.

` J. WISNBR.

RAILWAY TRACK DIN'L I APPLIOATIO'N PILED APR. 1s, 190s.

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JOHN WISN'ER, OF RAPID RIVER, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNR 01" ONE-HALF T0 JOSEPH SAVOIE,

OF RAPID RIVER, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY-TRACK JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. 4, 1908.

Application filed April 16, 1908. Serial N0. 427,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it 4known that I, JoiIN IVISNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ra )id River, in thecounty of Delta, State of Mimi- 5 an, have. invented certain new and useful iiiprovem'ents in R ailway-Track Joints; and I do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description of tie invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which -it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railway track joints and it has for its object to provide a construction wherein the iiieetinv ends of railway rails will be held securel,7 against displacement with respect to each other in all directions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a structure which may be easily and quickly assembled and disassembled, and which furthermore while being efficient in its operation will be Chee` of manufacture.

Afurther object of tiiie invention is to rovide a reinforcement for the meeting en( s of the rails which will prevent depression of said In the drawinvs forming a portion of this specific-ation am in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a structure-'embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a top )lan View of the structure shown iii `Fig. l. Iig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken horizontally through the meeting ends of a nectino` them. Fig. 4 isa vertical section taken longit-ud inal ly through the end portions of the meeting rails. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken'transversely through one of the rails and the fish lates. Fig. 6 is a detail crspective view o one end portion of a rail. `iiig. 7 is a detaii perspect-ive view of one of the fish plates. l ig. S is a detail perspective View of the other of the fish plates.

Referring now to the drawings there is shown a structure wherein at each ciid of each rail, the treadportion 10 is extended longitudinally beyond the web portion 7 of the rail, while the flange portion 12 of the rail is extended also longitudinally be 1ond the web portion of the raii to the same r egree.

Thron h the a eb portion of each rail, there is former ,transversely a rectangular opening 15, which extends from the lower face of the tread, all thc way to the flange of the' rail, or

pair of rails and through the fish plates con' in other words throughout the entire height of the web of the rail.

'hcn the track is laid, the ends of the treads of adjacent aliiiiug rails are disposed in mutual contact, while the base flanges are coirespondinrly arranged, or. they may be spacer slightl`r apart to pei'iiiit of expansion and contraction, as is somewhat commonly practiced.'v A

In connect-ion with the mutually adjacent end` ortioiis of cach pai,r\of rails, there are emp oyed two fish plates 17 and 1S. The fish plate 17 is provided upon one face withthree rectangular projections or bosses A18' which bosses are adapted toxfittrespectively in the transverse openings in the webs of the rails, and in the corres )ending s are between the end edges of tlie webs the rail and the upper and lower facesres )ectively of the flanges and treads of the iaifsg. Perforations 19 are formed transversely"through the fish plate and through the bosses foi'iiied thereon which perforations aline with"corres P, ti with the usual nuts 21.

By reason of the bosses extending throughout the height of the webs of the rails, they receive direct pressure from the treads of the rails and there is no tendency whatever to shear the bosses under the vvinfluence of the hammer blows administered by passino trains in use. Furthermore, the bosses o the fish-plate 17 are more readily fitted 'in the corresponding openings that receive them. Again, fitting of the upper and lower edges of the fish plates against the corresponding faces of the rails is positivel in' siired, so that working of one rail wit respect to another is prevented and the disadvantages incident to this action, are eliminated.

What is claimed is- In a railjoint the combination with a pair of abutting rails, each of which has the end port-ion of its web entirely removed from the tread to the flange, and cach of which has an opening formed through its web portion in the rear of said removed portion, and extending continuously from the tread of the rail to thel flange thereof, the fish plato liavimJr bosses extending from its inner face, ea'c boss being the same height as the` web of the rail, said fish plate being disposed against 110 pending perforatioiis formed in the ate 17, and through the alining perfpra` ons, are passed retaining bolts 20 provided:

the faces of the rail at one side with its In testimony whereof, I affix my signa.- bgsss ftteld in the crfe oming o ening ture, in presence of two witnesses. o t e rai a secoli` pate ispose against the op osite faces of the rails, anda JOHN WISNER' 5 bolt engaged t irough each boss and a corre- Witnesses:

s 'ondin point of each fish plate and pro- WiLLlAM J. MrLLER, vided with. retaining nut, y HENRY BARRE/m. \y 

